I bought these keyboards because they're small and their keys are reproprammable.
For convenience, I prefer this keyboard layout of modifier keys, and I'd
like to use this layout without having to rearrange the keyboard layout
in the operating system of the computers I'm using:

Since the default layer of the keyboard is not programmable, I must switch to the first layer.
The keyboard lights up a red LED when the first layer is active.
This annoys me, so I put a small paper on it so that it is covered:

Programming

These are the steps I use to program the keyboard to my taste:

First, replace the keycaps from the default "[Ctrl][Windows][Alt][Spacebar]" to "[Windows][Alt][Ctrl][Spacebar]".
Then, execute the following keypresses to remap the keys:

keypress

effect

Fn + right Shift

activate first (programmable) layer, red LED lights up

Fn + right Control

enter program mode, blue LED lights up

left Control

the key to modify (destination)

right Control

the desired function (source)

Pn

complete programming step

left Alt

dst

right Alt

src

Pn

ok

left Windows/Command

dst

right Control

src

Pn

ok

Fn + right Control

exit program mode

The keyboard will automatically exit program mode if you don't press a key for 15 seconds.

A nice thing is that the keyboard remembers which layer is selected,
even if the computer is turned off, so you only have to select the layer once.

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